Judge Wood's Notice of Appeal

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Includes Correspondence from Keyes to Clerk; Envelope to Chambers and Ifill.

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Legislation and Constitutional Amendments
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
Case
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
U.S. state
- Texas
Collection
- Case Files
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- 8c68392f-247c-f011-b4cc-7c1e52467ee8

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Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Judge Wood's Notice of Appeal, 1990. 8c68392f-247c-f011-b4cc-7c1e52467ee8. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f8d9aab5-d958-483c-ad7d-3062f9189365/judge-woods-notice-of-appeal. Accessed November 06, 2025.

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    PorTER & CLEMENTS 
FIRST REPUBLICBANK CENTER 

  

700 LOUISIANA, SUITE 3500 

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-2730 

ATTORNEYS 
  

A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS TELEPHONE 7131 226-0600 
TELECOPIER (713) 228-1331 

TELECOPIER (M3) 224-4835 

TELEX 775-348 

January 2, 19961 - 

EVELYN V. KEYES 

(713) 226-061! 

FEDERAL EXPRESS 
  

Clerk, U.S. District Court 
200 EE. Wall St., Suite 316 
Midland, Texas 79702 

  

Re: No. M088-CA-154; League of United Latin American 
Citizens (LULAC), et al. v. James Mattox, Attorney 
General of Texas, et al.; In the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa 
Division 

Dear Sir: 

Enclosed for filing in the above-referenced case is Harris 
County District Judge Sharolyn Wood's Notice of Appeal. 

Please return a file stamped copy of these documents in the 
envelope provided. 

A copy of this filing is being mailed first class, postage 
prepaid, to all counsel of record. 

Sincerely yours, g 

Evelyn V. Keyes 

Enclosure 

EVK/mlw 
wWOo001:A 

cc: Mr. William L. Garrett 
Ms. Brenda Hall Thompson 
Garrett, Thompson & Chang 
Attorneys at Law 
8300 Douglas, Suite 800 
Dallas, Texas 75225 

 



   
PorTER & CLEMENTS 

Clerk, U.S. District Court 
January 2, 1990 
Page 2 

cC: Mr. Rolando L. Rios 
Southwest Voter Registration & 

Education Project 
201 N. st. Mary's, Suite 521 

San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Ms. Susan Finkelstein 
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc. 
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600 
San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Mr. Julius Levonne Chambers 
Ms. Sherrilyn A. Ifill 
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 

Ms. Gabrielle K. McDonald 
Matthews & Branscomb 
301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050 
Austin, Texas 78701 

Mr. Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas 
Ms. Mary F. Keller, First Assistant Attorney General 
Ms. Renea Hicks, Spec. Assistant Attorney General 
Mr. Javier Guajardo, Spec. Assistant Attorney General 
P. O. Box 12548 
Capitol Station 

Austin, Texas 78701 

Mr. Edward B. Cloutman, III 
Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, P.C. 

3301 Elm Street 

Dallas, Texas 75226-1637 

Mr. E. Brice Cunningham 
777 So. R.L. Thornton Freeway, Suite 121 
Dallas, Texas 75203 

Mr. Robert H. Mow, Jr. 

Hughes & Luce 
2800 Momentum Place 
1717 Main Street 
Dallas, Texas 75201 

 



  

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION 

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN § 
CITIZENS {(LULAC), et al. 

Vv. NO. MO-88-CA-154 

JIM MATTOX, Attorney General 
of the State of Texas, et al. D

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HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE 

SHAROLYN WOOD'S NOTICE OF APPEAL 
  

Notice 1s hereby given that Defendant/Intervenor Harris 

County District Judge Sharolyn Wood hereby appeals to the United 

States Court of Appeals for the FPifth Circuit from the District 

Court's Memorandum Opinion and Order of November 8, 1989, as 

modified for «clerical corrections on November 27, 1989 and 

December 26, 1989 and as certified for Interlocutory Appeal 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. '$ 1292(b) by the District Court's Order of 

January 2,:1990, 

Respectfully submitted, 

a & CLEMENTS 

CRE “ CE ee Br ol Bree 

i Elercits 
00 NCNB Center 
O. Box 4744 

Houston, Texas 77210-4744 

(713) 226-0600 

  

ATTORNEY FOR HARRIS COUNTY 
DISTRICT JUDGE SHAROLYN WOOD 

 



  

OF COUNSEL: 

PORTER & CLEMENTS 

Evelyn V. Keyes 
3500 NCNB Center 

P.O. Box 4744 

Houston, Texas 77210-4744 

(713) 226-0600 

Michael J. Wood 
Attorney at Law 

440 Louisiana, Suite 200 
Houston, Texas 77002 

{713) 228-5105 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

I hereby certify that on the 2nd 8ay of January, 1990, a 
true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was 
mailed to counsel of record in this case by first class United 
States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

Mr. William L. Garrett 
Ms. Brenda Hall Thompson 
Garrett, Thompson & Chang 
Attorneys at Law 

8300 Douglas, Suite 800 
Dallas, Texas 75225 

Mr. Rolando L. Rios 
Southwest Voter Registration & 

Education Project 
201 N, St. Mary's, Suite 521 
San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Ms. Susan Finkelstein 
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc. 
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600 
San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Mr. Julius Levonne Chambers 
Ms. Sherrilyn A. Ifill 
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 
99 Hudson Street 

16th Floor 

New York, New York 10013 

 



  

Ms. Gabrielle K. McDonald 

Matthews & Branscomb 

301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050 
Austin, Texas 78701 

Mr. Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas 
Ms. Mary F. Keller, First Assistant Attorney General 
Mr. Renea Hicks, Spec. Assistant Attorney General 

Mr. Javier Guajardo, Spec. Assistant Attorney General 
P. O. Box 12548 
Capitol Station 
Austin, Texas 78701 

Mr. Edward B. Cloutman, III 

Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, P.C. 

3301 Elm Street 

Dallas, Texas 75226-1637 

Mr. E. Brice Cunningham 
777 So. R.L. Thornton Freeway 
Suite 121 
Dallas, Texas 75203 

Mr. Robert H. Mow, Jr. 

Hughes & Luce 
2800 Momentum Place 

1717 Main Street 
Dallas, Texas 75201 

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J. Eugene Clements 

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PORTER & CLEMENTS 

ATTORNEYS 

P.O. BOX 4744 

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77210-4744 

  
  

TO: 

Mr. Julius Levonne Chambers 
Ms. Sherrilyn A. Ifill 
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013

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